Hey Everybody-
Guess what? Our coaches positions have been eliminated by the City of Walnut Creek. This is not a joke. Of the Aquatics programs in the city, ours is the only one that operates in the black, and yet they are going to cut it.
If you could, would you shoot a brief e-mail, to the city council and let them know what a successful program this is across the country and in the world. All few hundred of us are doing what we can, but I think it's time to bring in the big guns- you.
Kerry has spent 30 years of his life building this program into what it is today, and helping many of you in the process, please help him and the program that he lives for.
The address is: mayor@walnut-creek.org
and ask them to respond to your e-mail.
Thanks,
Karen Duggan
Instead of modeling the mediocre programs after the one Kerry has built, he will destroy Kerry's.
I am extremely sad that someone like Kerry, who showed up to work day in and day out for 30 years, and built a program that is a model for the rest of the country, is being relatively dismissed.
Mind you he already collects full retirement and benefits from a city that he used to work in, plus his current salary of about $180K.
Typical of someone who knows the cost of everything but the value of nothing. I've been a "public employee" for almost 18 years now (am I gettting that old???) and I've always been a budget/finance manager. I hate guys like this - first one at the feeding trough, but is only looking for ways to cut out others to make himself look better. If anyone has a conflict its him - collecting a city pension and working a public sector job, must be from out of state or you need to change your pension laws. I'll bet he's angling for a big bonus/raise if he reduces the city budget enough - you should FOIA his job performance goals. The ramifications will come in the out years - 3-4 years down the road and they will be masked by increases in revenue as the local economy gets better - but the quality programs no longer exist.
I would think his actions regarding the "white letter" border on collusion, at a minimum ethically questionable. Is there an underlying feeling that the mayor-council can be swayed to look at the value of the program versus the "cost"?? Is it a matter of time before the manager just starves the program and Kerry out??
Instead of modeling the mediocre programs after the one Kerry has built, he will destroy Kerry's.
I am extremely sad that someone like Kerry, who showed up to work day in and day out for 30 years, and built a program that is a model for the rest of the country, is being relatively dismissed.
Mind you he already collects full retirement and benefits from a city that he used to work in, plus his current salary of about $180K.
Typical of someone who knows the cost of everything but the value of nothing. I've been a "public employee" for almost 18 years now (am I gettting that old???) and I've always been a budget/finance manager. I hate guys like this - first one at the feeding trough, but is only looking for ways to cut out others to make himself look better. If anyone has a conflict its him - collecting a city pension and working a public sector job, must be from out of state or you need to change your pension laws. I'll bet he's angling for a big bonus/raise if he reduces the city budget enough - you should FOIA his job performance goals. The ramifications will come in the out years - 3-4 years down the road and they will be masked by increases in revenue as the local economy gets better - but the quality programs no longer exist.
I would think his actions regarding the "white letter" border on collusion, at a minimum ethically questionable. Is there an underlying feeling that the mayor-council can be swayed to look at the value of the program versus the "cost"?? Is it a matter of time before the manager just starves the program and Kerry out??
